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Asperger's is not a form of autism

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Asperger's is not a form of autism. I really wish you would remove that from your description of asperger's. I hear that all the time and so many people believe that because website's (yours incliuded) posts that for everyone to read and believe. Autism and Asperger's are on the same spectrum and I see how people might be confused by that but do some research because they each stand alone. There is high functioning and low functioning of both autism and asperger's, but I hear all the time "asperger's is a high functioning autism" Incorrect. I know you are trying to inform people, but that in particular bothers me because my husband has asperger's and that misinforms people. Just trying to help you better inform people, please do some research and change that. Thanks

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  • misskittykat said:

    My daughter was recently diagnosed as being ASD.  I assumed Aspergers, when I queried this, our consultant told me that (as recombinantsocks states) that the term Aspergers is no longer used in our county and soon, other counties in the UK will follow this development.

    The clinical psychologist who diagnosed me said something similar.  She told me that they were moving from diagnosing Asperger's and (I think) autism (classic autism) as distinct diagnoses to diagnosing ASD for both.  But once she'd assessed me, she told me that in my case she thought a diagnosis of Asperger's would be more appropriate.  On the summary of assessment she eventually sent me, she went about it by confirming that I meed the diagnostic criteria for an ASD, and that I best fit "the pattern of behaviour described by Asperger known as Asperger's Syndrome."  I thought that was quite a good way of going about it.

    She also told me that there's a new diagnosis for Social Communication Disorder (SCD), which sounds to me like the Coke Zero of the autism spectrum if classic autism (or Kanner's) is ordinary Coca-Cola and Asperger's is Diet Coke.  Before the assessment was complete, she thought SCD might be a better diagnosis for me, but by the end of the assessment she decided it was Asperger's after all.

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  • misskittykat said:

    My daughter was recently diagnosed as being ASD.  I assumed Aspergers, when I queried this, our consultant told me that (as recombinantsocks states) that the term Aspergers is no longer used in our county and soon, other counties in the UK will follow this development.

    The clinical psychologist who diagnosed me said something similar.  She told me that they were moving from diagnosing Asperger's and (I think) autism (classic autism) as distinct diagnoses to diagnosing ASD for both.  But once she'd assessed me, she told me that in my case she thought a diagnosis of Asperger's would be more appropriate.  On the summary of assessment she eventually sent me, she went about it by confirming that I meed the diagnostic criteria for an ASD, and that I best fit "the pattern of behaviour described by Asperger known as Asperger's Syndrome."  I thought that was quite a good way of going about it.

    She also told me that there's a new diagnosis for Social Communication Disorder (SCD), which sounds to me like the Coke Zero of the autism spectrum if classic autism (or Kanner's) is ordinary Coca-Cola and Asperger's is Diet Coke.  Before the assessment was complete, she thought SCD might be a better diagnosis for me, but by the end of the assessment she decided it was Asperger's after all.

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